Rachel should be able to open the door now

Rachel's lockpicking skills

Inner room not hidden as secret

Take MMMCDXV

Well "Dead City" by Nihilore has now been set for the music of the Everchanging Labyrinth

Music not set?

Take MMMCDXIV

Basis setup (should at least make the map load without crashing the game)

Well, not it whines about a non-existent mapscript, but the wine is valid, as I already thought that was the only missing component.

Compass data updated, now that's won't "fix" anything, but it had to be done anyway

Take MMMCDXIII

Let's just rebuild then, shall we?

The Kthura Map Data is missing in the JQL

And it seems something is wrong with the Kthura map itself????

Take MMMCDXII

Before I resume, I think I need to do a big recheck on the game

Well, for the time being the old tool will do, and a few configuration adaptions have been done. Cool, huh?

And yes, over time this will also mean the system I use for creating this devlog will have to be replaced. But I'm dealing with a few constraints as except for wxWidgets I haven't get found good GUI libraries. The trouble is, getting a base consept up in WxWidgets is only for people more intelligent than Mortimer McMire.

In the meantime my vUpdate system has been replaced from MKL to Syldeyn. This was another way to get myself out of the .NET environment, but there's more. MKL was one of the last tools I had stull using the deprecated GINI system, which I didn't even bother to convert from C# to C++. The conversion tool is still C#, because I did need the GINI parser in order to get the data I need for GINIE. (one letter diffrence does a lot, eh?)

Jalondi has some trouble working in Linux. Segmentation faults without apparent reason. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. Doesn't look very promising for when SCI is about to be transferred, but hey, that comes later.

I will also make a quick start with Jalondi today. Jalondi will have to replace NJCR over time. This has nothing to do with how NJCR functions currently (as it basically functions just fine), but with how my planned departure to Linux makes that I want to get rid of .NET in all my projects. Eventually more projects will follow suit. I hope I can combine all this with Luna's Father.

I hope this will stop Kthura creating empty files when errors occur while loading.

Entrance room. All other data is (unfortunately) lost

Seems to be succesful now!

Compiling Kthura AGAIN!

Forgot to include the .cpp file of the compiled loader into the editor project

Compiling Kthura

Kthura editor can now also read compiled maps (but cannot save in compiled form. This is a safety precaution)

I should have backed things up first.

The base templates I just crated will (unfortunately) be lost in the process

Kthura broke the level.... This is fixable (sort of), but I will need to work the unconventional way

I messed up, but no worries, it's an easy fix

Base copy

The generator will be based on the same kind of methods used for the map generator in the Abyss in Dyrt.
There's no need to completely reinvent the wheel after all.

Basis for the generated maps

And I feel terribly tired today. I hope I can get more things done tomorrow....

It appears wxWidgets is set up for people like Billy Blaze and Mortimer McMire

A little cleanup operation is right now going.

It'll take awhile

Starting room Everchanging Labyrinth

Well, I was about to study WxWidgets.
Suddenly I ain so sure anymore.

Started creation of the Everchanging Labyrinth

AT LAST!

Take MMMCDXI

the rest appears to work properly

Worldmap fixed?

Take MMMCDX

? Labyrinth not appearing on the world map (?)

Not loading sound effect

Campside Crash

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I hope

Didn't entirely work the way it should

Take MMMCDVIII

Francis and Karl will FUCK!

I will actually write the script to link this into the game later.

Yeah, sexually!

Francis is about to get fucked

Karl's house... interior

NO! There won't be an (official) Mac build of the game. Not as long as Apple is as ballistic as they are now. My plans to focus on Linux are also because of this idiotic behavior but now by Microsoft with Windows 11. Whether or not Windows builds are possible in the future, is something I cannot yet guarantee, but I'll do what I can.

It's important to note that for the time being it's not possible for me to really sort out if I can get SDL2 to work. Working in a VM limits my possibilities, plus I am not quite game to have big development software packages installed there. Once I can move to a real machine I can start sorting that part out.

A bit more experimentation here.

I've been doing some experiments with C++ in LInux (with a VM) and the results are pretty hopeful. The SlyvDir routines in particular were causing me to worry, but I could get it to work. Bearing that in mind a possible Linux release of the game can be possible, but no promises yet.

This is al in a very very early stage and there's no telling yet where this will end.

Added tag LINUX

I hate cities!

FINALLY!

Take MMMCDVII

All whines accounted for?

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WHINE!

Take MMMCDV

I will get to the script later

Duke

it sucks

Sprite Duke

Take MMMCDIV

Resize portrait

Pre-duke Karl

Pre-duke Karl

Take MMMCDIII

Blockmap whine up

Compass title typo

Take MMMCDII

Wrong exit when leaving the duke's house

Take MMMCDI

I think

Let's see what happens this way

WTF?

Take MMMCD

The Duke's not yet present and neither is Karl

Duke's house

Grand Duke Grad

No other take for this one, though (too small an issue).

Issue taken care of

I'll deal with those later

Some blockmap issues found in Knutselstad

Take MMMCCCXCIX

Crash on putting Aziëlla in the lead after obtaining the ring

NOW it works

Take MMMCCCXCVIII

???

Take MMMCCCXCVII

And the purple seals will also be dealt with later.

NOTHING will happen yet when you use it though.... I still need to script that.

The ring has already been attached to Aziëlla's field persona

The Lord Of The Rings

Obtaining the ring

So far, so good!

Take MMMCCCXCVI

This area already contains the ring, but trying to pick it up will crash the game (for now)

Area 004

Ring

That appears to be working

Take MMMCCCXCV

Var mistake

Take MMMCCCXCIV

That links it all up nicely, I think

Boss

Doom Sweeper's regeneration

Doom Sweeper

The boss will be the next stop

Purple worms are now less agressive in using Demon Soul Breaker.
It was simply too much.

Take MMMCCCXCIII

Size Purple Worm Adjusted

Take MMMCCCXCII

Random Encounters

Magenta Cave

Configure jEdit for scyndi

Purple worm

Ah yeah, that works now. Forgot to mention that yesterday

Take MMMCCCXCI

backway not functional

Take MMMCCCXC

Although this *is* the boss area, the boss itself won't yet work

Area 003

All's well that ends well, eh?

Take MMMCCCLXXXIX

And added some more crap (I had to do that anyway)

Link tags forgotten

Take MMMCCCLXXXVIII

Area 002

A giant issue in the package manager Chocolatey took me all day to fix. Now Scoop is more realiable, but only covers console apps, so I was a bit in a fix here.

Everything works the way it should

Take MMMCCCLXXXVII

Exit link error

Like I thought, the music now works for no reason at all... Oh well

Take MMMCCCLXXXVI

Nothing popped up, but I did a change that is no change (sometimes that works, for reasons beyond anyone's understanding)

The music doesn't load (for no reason at all)

Take MMMCCCLXXXV

Rutte

Back to Knutselstad

Link to Magenta Caves

Area 001 Magenta Caves

The next step will be to start the Magenta Caves. This is not only the sidequest for the final chapter, it's also your ticket to open the purple seals which will allow Aziëlla to open the purple seals so you can fight the sealed optional bosses.

So far so good!

Take MMMCCCLXXXIV

Code typo x2

Take MMMCCCLXXXIII

STOP! Hammer Time

By the Grand Gnome's Beard

The Grand Gnome

The Grand Gnome

Placed in town

Though it sucks, but it will have to do ro this will take forever

The Grand Gnome

Take MMMCCCLXXXII

Music restart upon entering and leaving Knutselstad

Take MMMCCCLXXXI

Tag error

Take MMMCCCLXXX

Merchant

Take MMMCCCLXXIX

Take MMMCCCLXXVIII

Of course, only now that I'm implementing the very last town the girls will visit, I realize I should have made a library that would cover all towns services so I only could suffice with ONE single #use clause.

Blacksmith

Take MMMCCCLXXVII

AAARGH!

Take MMMCCCLXXVI

The girls will automatically leave when you try to enter Karl's house prematurely

I think a few cosmetic twitches are in order

Take MMMCCCLXXV

Entering Karl's house prematurely

No entering Karl's house prior to meeting the duke.

Take MMMCCCLXXIV

Blockmap fault

Exterior Karl's house

Updating!

Take MMMCCCLXXIII

Another code typo

Take MMMCCCLXXII

missing link

Take MMMCCCLXXI

Code typo

Be back soon!

So far, so good!

Take MMMCCCLXX

Dirty Blockmap Issue omission

Take MMMCCCLXIX

Does it find the pole now?